I used to think and tell my granny that traffic lights were controlled by a little bordo and that if I shouted "RED, YELLOW AND... GREEN!" the bird eventually heard me and switched the light from red to green.
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon